PG Engagement Fellowship: Linnean Society
On behalf of the British Society for the History of Science (BSHS),
The Linnean Society of London is hosting an Engagement
Fellowship, worth £1,000, for current Master’s or doctoral students
whose research is in the history of science, technology or medicine for a
total duration of one month in 2017. It is anticipated that
this BSHS-funded Fellowship project will be split into two, two-week
placements; the first at Burlington House, Piccadilly to undertake
research using the Linnean Society’s collections and archives, and the
second at the Linnean Society’s Wimbledon site to
then produce a science festival exhibition from the research.
About the Project
In
this project (Classification through the Ages), the Engagement Fellow
would spend two weeks utilising a selection of the Linnean Society’s
historical archives and collections to
research how methods and techniques in classification and taxonomy have
changed over the last few hundred years. The Fellow would then be
invited to prepare an article on their research for the Linnean Society
magazine
PuLSe. Having assisted with the Society’s exhibition at the
Cambridge Science Festival in March 2017, in the second placement the
Fellow would spend two weeks working with the Linnean Society Education
Team to produce a new science fair exhibit based
on their research and work. Finally, this exhibit will be converted
into a fixed exhibition or workshop run from within the Linnean Society
headquarters at Burlington House, London.
For full details, and to apply for this exciting opportunity, please visit
https://www.linnean.org/the-